In green plants, the primary function of the Calvin cycle is to

A) split water and release oxygen.
B) use ATP to release carbon dioxide.
C) use NADPH to release carbon dioxide.
D) construct the building blocks of simple sugars from carbon dioxide.
E) transport glucose out of the chloroplast.


D

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